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Myanmar frees Win Myint, cuts Aung San Suu Kyi’s prison term in broad-ranging amnesty deal

Myanmar ⁠has freed former president Win Myint and reduced the sentence of imprisoned former leader Aung San Suu ‌Kyi as part of an ‌amnesty that saw the release of 4,335 pris...

New Myanmar Administration Releases Ousted President Win Myint in Mass Amnesty

Newly inaugurated President Min Aung Hlaing also announced a reduction in the 27-year prison sentence of ousted former leader Aung San Suu Kyi.

Former President Win Myint freed in broad Myanmar prisoner amnesty

State-run media reported the amnesty on Friday, marking the traditional New Year.

Min Aung Hlaing’s PR pardon a script written in Beijing

On April 17, the first day of the Myanmar New Year, Win Myint walked out of Taungoo Prison. He had been arrested in the small hours of February 1, 2021, the morning the military se...

Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing elected as president

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president by pro-military parliament

Min Aung Hlaing's transition from top general to civilian president follows a lopsided election in December and January that was won in a landslide by an army-backed party and deri...

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president by pro-military parliament

Min Aung Hlaing's transition from top general to civilian president follows a lopsided election in December and January that was won in a landslide by an army-backed party and deri...

Myanmar ex-president freed, Suu Kyi sentence cut

YANGON — Myanmar’s former president Win Myint, detained since a 2021 military coup, was freed Friday under a mass amnesty that also reduced the sentence of Aung San Suu Kyi, accord...

Min Aung Hlaing elected Myanmar president despite international criticism

Myanmar Junta Chief Ascends to President, Five Years After Coup

U Min Aung Hlaing’s elevation to the civilian post is the conclusion of elections in the country, which were stage managed by the military.

Who is president Min Aung Hlaing? Former general consolidating Myanmar military’s grip on power

In February of 2021, Myanmar’s junta chief Min Aung Hlaing wrested power from the elected government of Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and effectively plunged the Southeast Asian...

Myanmar's coup leader who set off a brutal civil war becomes president

General Min Aung Hlaing has been chosen as the next president by the newly-elected parliament.

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing appointed president after ‘sham’ election

Min Aung Hlaing seized control five years ago and plunged Myanmar into conflict and economic chaosMin Aung Hlaing, the military general who plunged Myanmar into conflict and econom...

Myanmar's Min Aung Hlaing: The general who made himself president

The 69-year-old general, who has ruled Myanmar since a 2021 coup that triggered a civil war, was elected president in a parliamentary vote.

Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing: The general who made himself president

Min Aung Hlaing’s shift from junta chief to the head of an administration with a civilian veneer comes after an election that analysts said was designed by the military to maintain...

Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing: The general who made himself president

Min Aung Hlaing’s shift from junta chief to the head of an administration with a civilian veneer comes after an election that analysts said was designed by the military to maintain...

Myanmar’s political makeover unmasked by revolutionary reality

After five years of conflict and a tightly controlled election, Myanmar’s junta leader, Min Aung Hlaing, shed his uniform, named himself president and spoke of peace and reconcilia...

Myanmar army chief Min Aung Hlaing elected as President

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president by pro-military parliament

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing elected president by pro-military parliament

Myanmar junta chief Min Aung Hlaing won a parliamentary vote on Friday to become the country's president, formalizing his grip on political power in the war-torn ‌nation five…

Rights Groups File Genocide Complaint Against Myanmar’s Min Aung Hlaing

The complaint was accepted by the Attorney General's Office just days after the general was "elected" president by the military-dominated parliament.

Myanmar’s coup leader who set off a brutal civil war becomes president

Myanmar’s military ruler Min Aung Hlaing has been elected president, cementing his grip on power five years after leading a coup that plunged the country into civil war. The 69-yea...

Little hope for Myanmar democracy despite release of Suu Kyi aide

Former President Win Myint's pardon on Friday was the biggest concession yet by the country's post-coup leadership headed by Min Aung Hlaing.

Parlament wählt Min Aung Hlaing: Ex-Junta-Chef wird Präsident von Myanmar

Nach über fünf Jahren Militärdiktatur hat das Parlament in Myanmar den ehemaligen Putschführer Min Aung Hlaing zum Präsidenten gewählt. Der Bürgerkrieg hält an. mehr...